For You

 Happy Saturday Morning to you!
I created a card yesterday just for fun and to enter into a couple of challenges
which is very rare for me!!

I played in one of my favorite challenges awhile back at
Pixie's Playground and won the most fabulous prize
of two dies and a stamp set and am using one of those awesome dies today!

It is a Creative Expressions-For You Edger die.

I added a 'snippet' of paper from my pink bag of scraps
then used an OLD Martha Stewart punch and edged that piece as well

I added a pink panel of card stock inside to show the edger For You die cut well
and added a couple of Cheapo Dies die cut  butterflies from the same
pink card stock and each was topped with Pink Fresh Ballet Slipper jewels.
I can see this die being used over and over again and think
it would make some beautiful Mother's Day cards!

I created this card specifically for these challenges:

Shopping Our Stash .... Across The Border

Snippet's Playground .... Snippets
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge .... Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday .... Anything Goes

Brrr

 I am the hostess for our new challenge theme at
The Sisterhood of Crafters and I have chosen the theme of 
CAS Winter.  We want to see all your clean and simple winter designs!

I did a CAS card using a very old $1 Recollections stamp I had gotten from Michaels 
several years ago,  the Brrr sentiment is from a shop we used to have
just over the stateline in Indiana called Sugarberry Lane, it was the cutest shop
and they sold a small amount of stamps and papermaking supplies
and fun gift items, it's gone now and I sure do miss it!

You can't see it but I used a silver sparkle gel pen here and there and a crystal white 
Nuvo on the hat pompom.

Take a peek at our The Sisterhood Design Team creations,
they have some really neat inspiration!

Blue and White

A new challenge theme is up and running at Double D and 
the theme is  Blue and White Winter!

We have a mood board to inspire you. all in blues and whites! 

I created a very easy card just by simply using what was already in my stash!
The polar bears are designer paper from Martha Stewart
that I have had quite some time.  I thought they were so cute
and that they would make a great card!

The snowflakes along the top are a piece I had leftover from
a snowflake die cut.
The sentiment is Essentials by Ellen Artic Pals.

Lots of pretty winter blues over at the Double D blog, go check it out
and join in with us, there is always a fun prize to be had!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday .... Four Legged Friends

Peace On Earth Anything Goes Christmas Challenge

Today is the start of a new challenge at
Peace On Earth
and as always it's an Anything Goes challenge.

Darlene had put together this fun mood board to inspire you
but you can create anything as long as it's Christmas themed!

Anything Christmas

 

I usually try to let the mood boards inspire me as I did this one,
I used the upper left corner with the plaid boots.

I had a The Greetery  shiplap die  background left from a bunch I put together
this Spring and it was the perfect color!

The boot is a die I got from Paper Smooches while they were still in business,
it was cut from a plaid paper,
The greens are part of a Sizzix die and a Cheery Lynn die,
the frame is IO Quilted Frame.
The Poinsettia I already had made.

For more inspiration head on over to the Peace On Earth challenge blog
and see all the 'pretties' from the design team!!

Winter Wishes

 

We are already half way through January and that brings us to a new
challenge at Dies R Us!  Though we do have some themes planned
for the challenges this year, this one remains an Anything Goes!

Even though it is anything goes I try to stay within the theme of the month.
Being January in Michigan it remains cold and normally snowy
so I went with a winter card using Impression Obsession Birch trees (all links ae given below)
which also include the cute little cardinals!

The sentiment and die are Lawn Fawn Wavy Banners and Wavy Winter sayings.

Impression Obsession Birch Trees
Lawn Fawn Fancy Wavy Banners
Lawn Fawn Winter Wavy Sayings

We would love to have you join us at the Dies R Us challenge!!
Take a peek at all the inspiration from the Design Team while there!

For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below. 

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

BWA-HA-HA-HA

 We are half way through our challenge at Two Old Bats Halloween
and you still have plenty of time to play.

We have a fun inspiration board for you to get inspired from like I did!

I did a bit of inking on this card with Distress Oxides wilted violet and black soot.
The stamp I used is one of those $1 acrylic stamps from long ago.
The bat and black cat were laying on my work desk and the sentiment is from
Martha Stewart. 

Pop on over to the Two Old Bats Halloween challenge site and get inspired
by the fabulous design team and join us, we would love to have you!

Happy Birthday In Blues

Our new challenge theme starts today at 
The Sisterhood of Crafters 
and our hostess is 'sistah' Darlene and she has chosen
the theme of the color BLUE.
Pretty easy right, who doesn't love blue?

I used a stencil for my card from Tim Holtz and blue inks from
Altenew, Stampin Up and Momento Dew Drop inks making
a 'blue' monochromatic card.

The sentiment is from The Greetery's Sentiment Suite Birthday.
If you need a fabulous birthday stamp set, I can recommend this one
as it is full of various birthday greetings in great fonts!

I couldn't leave it alone and had to add a few blue sequins.
All these stencils they are coming out with make some beautiful cards
that's for sure, let alone being so addictive.  I just wish they would make
them more an A2 or A6 card size and not the 6 x 6 that you often see,
just my opinion !

Take a peek at all the pretty cards my 'sistahs' have created over at 
The Sisterhood, and join in with the fun!

Entering the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge .... Stencils

Watercooler Wednesday .... All Things Feminine (#2)

Word Art Wednesday .... Anything Goes

AAA Birthday .... Two Favorite Colors (teals and green)

The Flower Challenge .... Monochrome